HUGHES' former Falkirk team mate is expected to make the move from his current job at Portuguese side Boavista in the next few days.

JOHN Hughes wants his former team-mate and coaching assistant Russell Latapy to become his No.2 at Inverness Caley Thistle.

And Record Sport understands the deal could be done to bring in Latapy from his job at Portuguese side Boavista in days.

Hughes has worked without an established No.2 since replacing Terry Butcher at the Highland club.

And if all goes according to plan this will be the third time he and Latapy have worked together. They were team-mates at Hibs and then the Trinidad and Tobago international worked as one of Hughes’ coaching assistants for two years at Falkirk.

Latapy currently has a job bringing on Boavista’s young players and helping out with the first team.

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it’s understood he could be in Inverness next week to start his new role, assuming Boavista have no objection to letting him go.

Latapy had a long and colourful career in Scottish football, starting when Alex McLeish brought him to Hibs in 1998.

Three years later he was sacked by the Easter Road club after a night out with international team-mate Dwight Yorke that resulted in Latapy being charged with drink driving.

Latapy then joined Rangers but only managed 23 games in a two-year stay at Ibrox.

Hughes brought him to Falkirk and the pair won promotion from the First Division in 2009.

The player-coach was inducted into Falkirk’s Hall of Fame in 2008 and now, at 45, he’s set to renew his partnership with Hughes as Caley Thistle prepare to face Hearts in next month’s League Cup semi-final at Easter Road.